VA Gov. Northam and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

[trailrunner]

Hey: If the Gov., Lt Gov, and AG in Virginia step down / resign, who is next in line to be Governor?

The Speaker of the General Assembly, Kirk Cox. I don't know him, but he is a R and is supposed to be a conservative. Interestingly, Rs controls the General Assembly by one seat, and that seat was decided by a draw after a dead heat tie for one of the seats. Every vote counts.

I predict that none of these three guys will resign. This is an election year for the General Assembly, and as I mentioned above, Rs hold the slimmest of majority. It was expected that the Ds would take the General Assembly this Fall, and since they already have a majority in the Senate, they would have an across-the-board majority. I predict that although none of these guys will resign, the negative publicity will stem the advancing tide of Ds, and maybe the Rs will hold onto the General Assembly and maybe win back a few seats.

You might've heard about the recent abortion bill in VA. That was actually sponsored by my rep to the General Assembly. This is her first term, and she took over a seat that had been held by a R since 1993. I wonder if the negative publicity from her bill will hurt her in November. However, I don't know if anyone will run against her. I read that Rand Paul offered to bankroll any campaign to run against her this year. Her opponent in 2017 was terrible.

[Suvorov]

In my opinion -

Dressing up in black face for a college party or prank (especially before the hyper-sensitive millennium) is perhaps in bad taste but should not bar one from public office, and everyone accused of rape deserves more than a trial by public opinion.

That said - the Democrats have been using the two weapons above for 30+ years unchecked and have ruined or attempted to ruin countless lives of their political opponents in their insatiable quest for personal power and to further the Marxist cause.

So - "F" these guys.......

[RJ]

The R’s are going to ride Northam all the way to 2020.

Just a clarification, I meant the R Party nationwide; I’ve not been in VA for a few years so I’m a bit out of touch with Richmond politics these days.
@Suvorov’s post above pretty much nailed it.


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[parkerjake]

I would think these dems would like to steer the conversation back to those pesky statues of guys long dead. Long live hypocrisy!

[JodyH]

I like the excuse of "it was a different time back then."
I was 10 years old in 1980 and even I knew black face was racist as hell.

[mtnbkr]

I like the excuse of "it was a different time back then."
I was 10 years old in 1980 and even I knew black face was racist as hell.

I was 7 then, but sometime in the next few years (I would have been low double-digits in age at the time), I saw a TV program about the history of blackface in entertainment and was struck by how bad it was then. Point is, if an adolescent can grock how wrong it is, an adult should be able to.

Chris

[TCinVA]

These people were scions of wealth and privilege and, when in college, acted like shitposting edgelords.

And now they want to make everyone else live by their version of sharia. Because the light of goodness shines forth from their rectums.

The blackface bullshit just further demonstrates their life long pattern of rules for thee, but not for me.

[RoyGBiv]

edgelords

New word of the day. Thanks!

[RJ]

New word of the day. Thanks!

Learning has occurred.

[Wondering Beard]

Florida still beats Virginia: A Florida politician allegedly made a habit of licking men’s faces. She has now resigned.